Most probable mode list generation scheme

ABSTRACT

A method of signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor includes determining a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; generating a most probable mode (MPM) list using the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; signaling a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block from among a plurality of reference lines including an adjacent reference line and a plurality of non-adjacent reference lines; and signaling an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode, wherein the MPM list is generated based on the reference line used to encode the current block and whether an intra sub-partition (ISP) mode is enabled.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority from 35 U.S.C. § 119 to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/791,858, filed on Jan. 13, 2019, in the United States Patent & Trademark Office, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

FIELD

The present disclosure is directed to advanced video coding technologies. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to simplified most probable modes (MPMs) list generation scheme for zero line and non-zero lines.

BACKGROUND

ITU-T VCEG (Q6/16) and ISO/IEC MPEG (JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11) published the H.265/HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) standard in 2013 (version 1) 2014 (version 2) 2015 (version 3) and 2016 (version 4) [1]. In 2015, these two standard organizations jointly formed the JVET (Joint Video Exploration Team) to explore the potential of developing the next video coding standard beyond HEVC In October 2017, they issued the Joint Call for Proposals on Video Compression with Capability beyond HEVC (CfP). By Feb. 15, 2018, total 22 CfP responses on standard dynamic range (SDR), 12 CfP responses on high dynamic range (HDR), and 12 CfP responses on 360 video categories were submitted, respectively. In April 2018, all received CfP responses were evaluated in the 122 MPEG/10th JVET meeting. As a result of this meeting, JVET formally launched the standardization process of next-generation video coding beyond HEVC. The new standard was named Versatile Video Coding (VVC), and JVET was renamed as Joint Video Expert Team.

The intra prediction modes used in HEVC are illustrated in FIG. 1. In HEVC, there are total 35 intra prediction modes, among which mode 10 is horizontal mode, mode 26 is vertical mode, and mode 2, mode 18 and mode 34 are diagonal modes. The intra prediction modes are signalled by three most probable modes (MPMs) and 32 remaining modes.

To code an intra mode, a most probable mode (MPM) list of size 3 is built based on the intra modes of the neighboring blocks. this MPM list will be referred to as the MPM list or primary MPM list. If intra mode is not from the MPM list, a flag is signalled to indicate whether intra mode belongs to the selected modes.

An example of the MPM list generation process for HEVC is shown is follows:

If (leftIntraDir == aboveIntraDir && leftIntraDir >DC_IDX)  MPM [0] = leftIntraDir;  MPM [1] = ((leftIntraDir + offset) % mod) + 2;  MPM [2] = ((leftIntraDir − 1) % mod) + 2; Else if (leftIntraDir == aboveIntraDir)  MPM [0] = PLANAR_IDX;  MPM [1] = DC_IDX;  MPM [2] = VER _IDX; Else if (leftIntraDir != aboveIntraDir)  MPM [0] = leftIntraDir;  MPM [1] = aboveIntraDir;  If (leftIntraDir > 0 && aboveIntraDir > 0)   MPM [2] = PLANAR_IDX;  Else   MPM [2] = (leftIntraDir + aboveIntraDir) < 2 ? VER _IDX : DC_IDX;

Here, leftIntraDir is used to indicate the mode in left block and aboveIntraDir is used to indicate the mode in the above block. If left or block is currently not available, leftIntraDir or aboveIntraDir will be to DC_IDX. In addition, variable “offset ” and “mod” are the constant values, which are set to 29 and 32 respectively.

SUMMARY

In an embodiment, there is provided a method of signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, the method including determining a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; generating a most probable mode (MPM) list using the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; signaling a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block from among a plurality of reference lines including an adjacent reference line and a plurality of non-adjacent reference lines; and signaling an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode, wherein the MPM list is generated based on the reference line used to encode the current block and whether an intra sub-partition (ISP) mode is enabled.

In an embodiment, there is provided a device for signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream, including at least one memory configured to store program code; and at least one processor configured to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including determining code configured to cause the at least one processor to determine a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; generating code configured to cause the at least one processor to generate a most probable mode (MPM) list using the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; first signaling code configured to cause the at least one processor to signal a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block from among a plurality of reference lines including an adjacent reference line and a plurality of non-adjacent reference lines; and second signaling code configured to cause the at least one processor to signal an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode, wherein the MPM list is generated based on the reference line used to encode the current block and whether an intra sub-partition (ISP) mode is enabled.

In an embodiment, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions including one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device for signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream, cause the one or more processors to determine a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; generate a most probable mode (MPM) list using the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; signal a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block from among a plurality of reference lines including an adjacent reference line and a plurality of non-adjacent reference lines; and signal an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode, wherein the MPM list is generated based on the reference line used to encode the current block and whether an intra sub-partition (ISP) mode is enabled

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Further features, the nature, and various advantages of the disclosed subject matter will be more apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an example of intra prediction modes in HEVC.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of reference lines adjacent to a coding block unit.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of an example of intra prediction modes in VVC.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of an example of positions of neighboring CUs.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an example of division of 4×8 and 8×4 blocks in an Intra Sub-Partitions (ISP) coding mode.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of an example of division of all blocks except 4×8, 8×4 and 4×4 blocks in an ISP coding mode.

FIG. 7 is a simplified block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of the placement of a video encoder and decoder in a streaming environment according to an embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of a video decoder according to an embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram of a video encoder according to an embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an example process for signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream according to an embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram of a computer system according to an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Multi-line intra prediction was proposed to use more reference lines for intra prediction, and encoder decides and signals which reference line is used to generate the intra predictor. The reference line index is signaled before intra prediction modes, and only the most probable modes are allowed in case a nonzero reference line index is signaled. In FIG. 2, an example of 4 reference lines is depicted, where each reference line is composed of six segments, i.e., Segment A to F, together with the top-left reference sample. In addition, Segment A and F are padded with the closest samples from Segment B and E, respectively.

In VVC, there may be a total 95 intra prediction modes as shown in FIG. 3, where mode 18 is horizontal mode, mode 50 is vertical mode, and mode 2, mode 34 and mode 66 are diagonal modes. Modes −1 through −14 and Modes 67 through 80 are called Wide-Angle Intra Prediction (WAIP) modes.

In VTM3.0, the size of MPM list is set equal to 6 for both the adjacent reference line (also referred to zero reference line) and non-adjacent reference lines (also referred to non-zero reference lines). The positions of neighboring modes used to derive 6 MPM candidates are also the same for adjacent and non-adjacent reference lines, which is illustrated in FIG. 4. In FIG. 4, the block A denotes the left neighboring coding unit of the current coding unit, block B denotes the above neighboring coding unit of current coding unit, and variables candIntraPredModeA and candIntraPredModeB indicate the associated intra prediction modes of block A and B respectively. candIntraPredModeA and candIntraPredModeB are initially set equal to INTRA_PLANAR. If block A (or B) is marked as available, candIntraPredModeA (or candIntraPredModeB) is set equal to the actual intra prediction mode of block A (or B).

MPM candidate derivation process is different for adjacent and non-adjacent reference lines. For zero reference line, if both two neighboring modes are Planar or DC mode, default modes are used to construct the MPM list, 2 of them are Planar and DC modes, and the remaining 4 modes are angular modes, which may also be referred to as angular default modes. For non-zero reference lines, if both two neighboring modes are Planar or DC mode, 6 angular default modes are used to construct the MPM list.

An example of an MPM list derivation process is shown below, wherein candModeList[ x ] with x=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 denotes the 6 MPM candidates. In other words, candModeList[ 0 ] may denote a 0^(th) MPM candidate, candModeList[ 1 ] may denote a 1^(st) MPM candidate, candModeList[ 2 ] may denote a 2^(nd) MPM candidate, candModeList[ 3 ] may denote a 3^(rd) MPM candidate, candModeList[ 4 ] may denote a 4^(th) MPM candidate, and candModeList[ 5] may denote a 5^(th) MPM candidate. In the MPM list derivation process shown below, IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] denotes the reference line index of the block to be predicted, and IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] can be 0, 1, or 3.

If candIntraPredModeB is equal to candIntraPredModeA and candIntraPredModeA is greater than INTRA_DC, candModeList[ x ] with x=0.5 is derived as follows:

-   -   If IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] is equal to 0, the         following applies:

candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = INTRA_PLANAR candModeList[ 2 ] = INTRA_DC candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeA + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeA − 1 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeA + 60 ) % 64 )

-   -   Otherwise (IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] is not equal to 0),         the following applies:

candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeA + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeA − 1 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeA + 60 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( candIntraPredModeA % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeA + 59 ) % 64 )

Otherwise if candIntraPredModeB is not equal to candIntraPredModeA and candIntraPredModeA or candIntraPredModeB is greater than INTRA_DC, the following applies:

-   -   The variables minAB and maxAB are derived as follows:

minAB = candModeList[ (candModeList[ 0 ] > candModeList[ 1 ] ) ? 1 : 0 ] maxAB = candModeList[ (candModeList[ 0 ] > candModeList[ 1 ] ) ? 0 : 1 ]

-   -   If candIntraPredModeA and candIntraPredModeB are both greater         than INTRA_DC, candModeList[ x ] with x=0 to 5 is derived as         follows:

  candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = candIntraPredModeB

-   -   -   If IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] is equal to 0, the             following applies:

  candModeList[ 2 ] = INTRA_PLANAR candModeList[ 3 ] = INTRA_DC

-   -   -   -   If maxAB-minAB is in the range of 2 to 62, inclusive,                 the following applies:

  candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB − 1 ) % 64 )

-   -   -   -   Otherwise, the following applies:

  candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 60 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB ) % 64 )

-   -   -   Otherwise (IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] is not equal to             0), the following applies:             -   If maxAB-minAB is equal to 1, the following applies:

  candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB − 1 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB + 60 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( maxAB % 64 )

-   -   -   -   Otherwise if maxAB-minAB is equal to 2, the following                 applies:

  candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB − 1 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB − 1 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB + 60 ) % 64 )

-   -   -   -   Otherwise if maxAB-minAB is greater than 61, the                 following applies:

  candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB − 1 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( minAB % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 60 ) % 64 )

-   -   -   -   Otherwise, the following applies:

  candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB − 1 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB − 1 ) % 64 )

-   -   -   Otherwise (candIntraPredModeA or candIntraPredModeB is             greater than INTRA_DC), candModeList[ x ] with x=0 to 5 is             derived as follows:             -   If IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] is equal to 0, the                 following applies:

  candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = candIntraPredModeB candModeList[ 2 ] = 1 − minAB candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB − 1 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 60 ) % 64 )

-   -   -   -   Otherwise (IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] is not                 equal to 0), the following applies:

  candModeList[ 0 ] = maxAB candModeList[ 1 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 61 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB − 1 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 60 ) % 64 ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( maxAB % 64 ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + 59 ) % 64 )

-   -   -   Otherwise, the following applies:             -   If IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] is equal to 0, the                 following applies:

  candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = ( candModeList[0] == INTRA_PLANAR ) ? INTRA_DC : INTRA_PLANAR candModeList[ 2 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR50 candModeList[ 3 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR18 candModeList[ 4 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR46 candModeList[ 5 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR54

-   -   -   -   Otherwise (IntraLumaRefLineIdx[ xCb ][ yCb ] is not                 equal to 0), the following applies:

  candModeList[ 0 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR50 candModeList[ 1 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR18 candModeList[ 2 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR2 candModeList[ 3 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR34 candModeList[ 4 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR66 candModeList[ 5 ] = INTRA_ANGULAR26

In VTM4.0, the size of MPM list is extended to 6. When intra_luma_mpm_flag is true, it indicates that current mode belongs to the candidates in MPM list. Consider Table 1 below:

TABLE 1 Descriptor coding_unit( x0, y0, cbWidth, cbHeight, treeType ) { if( tile_group_type != I | | sps_ibc_enabled_flag ) { if( treeType != DUAL_TREE_CHROMA ) cu_skip_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] ae(v) if( cu_skip_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] = = 0 && tile_group_type != I ) pred_mode_flag ae(v) if( ( ( tile_group_type = = I && cu_skip_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] = =0 ) | | ( tile_group_type != I && CuPredMode[ x0 ][ y0 ] != MODE_INTRA ) ) && sps_ibc_enabled_flag ) pred_mode_ibc_flag ae(v) } if( CuPredMode[ x0 ][ y0 ] = = MODE_INTRA ) { if( sps_pcm_enabled_flag && cbWidth >= MinIpcmCbSizeY && cbWidth <= MaxIpcmCbSizeY && cbHeight >= MinIpcmCbSizeY && cbHeight <= MaxIpcmCbSizeY ) pcm_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] ae(v) if( pcm_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] ) { while( !byte_aligned( ) ) pcm_alignment_zero_bit f(1) pcm_sample( cbWidth, cbHeight, treeType) } else { if( treeType = = SINGLE_TREE | | treeType = = DUAL_TREE_LUMA ) { if( ( y0 % CtbSizeY ) > 0 ) intra_luma_ref_idx[ x0 ][ y0 ] ae(v) if (intra_luma_ref_idx[ x0 ][ y0 ] = = 0 && ( cbWidth <= MaxTbSizeY | | cbHeight <= MaxTbSizeY ) && ( cbWidth * cbHeight > MinTbSizeY * MinTbSizeY )) intra_subpartitions_mode_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] ae(v) if( intra_subpartitions_mode_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] = = 1 && cbWidth <= MaxTbSizeY && cbHeight <= MaxTbSizeY ) intra_subpartitions_split_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] ae(v) if( intra_luma_ref_idx[ x0 ][ y0 ] = = 0 && intra_subpartitions_mode_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] = = 0 ) intra_luma_mpm_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] ae(v) if( intra_luma_mpm_flag[ x0 ][ y0 ] ) intra_luma_mpm_idx[ x0 ][ y0 ] ae(v) else intra_luma_mpm_remainder[ x0 ][ y0 ] ae(v) } if( treeType = = SINGLE_TREE | | treeType = = DUAL_TREE_CHROMA ) intra_chroma_pred_mode[ x0 ][ y0 ] ae(v) }

The Intra Sub-Partitions (ISP) coding mode divides luma intra-predicted blocks vertically or horizontally into 2 or 4 sub-partitions depending on the block size dimensions, as shown in Table 2. FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show examples of the two possibilities. All sub-partitions fulfill the condition of having at least 16 samples.

TABLE 2 Number of sub-partitions depending on the block size Block Size Number of Sub-Partitions 4 × 4 Not divided 4 × 8 and 8 × 4 2 All other cases 4

For each of these sub-partitions, a residual signal may be generated by entropy decoding the coefficients sent by the encoder and then inverse quantizing and inverse transforming them. Then, the sub-partition may be intra predicted and finally the corresponding reconstructed samples are obtained by adding the residual signal to the prediction signal. Therefore, the reconstructed values of each sub-partition will be available to generate the prediction of the next one, which will repeat the process and so on. All sub-partitions may share the same intra mode.

Based on the intra mode and the split utilized, two different classes of processing orders may be used, which are referred to as normal and reversed order. In the normal order, the first sub-partition to be processed is the one containing the top-left sample of the CU and then continuing downwards in a horizontal split, or rightwards in a vertical split. As a result, reference samples used to generate the sub-partitions prediction signals are only located at the left and above sides of the lines. On the other hand, the reverse processing order either starts with the sub-partition containing the bottom-left sample of the CU and continues upwards or starts with sub-partition containing the top-right sample of the CU and continues leftwards.

The ISP algorithm may be tested with intra modes that are part of the MPM list. For this reason, if a block uses ISP, then the MPM flag may be inferred to be one. Besides, if ISP is used for a certain block, then the MPM list may be modified to exclude the DC mode and to prioritize horizontal intra modes for the ISP horizontal split and vertical intra modes for the vertical one.

FIG. 7 illustrates a simplified block diagram of a communication system (300) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system (300) may include at least two terminals (710-720) interconnected via a network (750). For unidirectional transmission of data, a first terminal (710) may code video data at a local location for transmission to the other terminal (720) via the network (750). The second terminal (720) may receive the coded video data of the other terminal from the network (750), decode the coded data and display the recovered video data. Unidirectional data transmission may be common in media serving applications and the like.

FIG. 7 illustrates a second pair of terminals (730, 740) provided to support bidirectional transmission of coded video that may occur, for example, during videoconferencing. For bidirectional transmission of data, each terminal (730, 740) may code video data captured at a local location for transmission to the other terminal via the network (750). Each terminal (730, 740) also may receive the coded video data transmitted by the other terminal, may decode the coded data and may display the recovered video data at a local display device.

In FIG. 7, the terminals (710-740) may be illustrated as servers, personal computers and smart phones but the principles of the present disclosure are not so limited. Embodiments of the present disclosure find application with laptop computers, tablet computers, media players and/or dedicated video conferencing equipment. The network (750) represents any number of networks that convey coded video data among the terminals (710-740), including for example wireline and/or wireless communication networks. The communication network (750) may exchange data in circuit-switched and/or packet-switched channels. Representative networks include telecommunications networks, local area networks, wide area networks and/or the Internet. For the purposes of the present discussion, the architecture and topology of the network (750) may be immaterial to the operation of the present disclosure unless explained herein below.

FIG. 8 illustrates, as an example for an application for the disclosed subject matter, the placement of a video encoder and decoder in a streaming environment. The disclosed subject matter can be equally applicable to other video enabled applications, including, for example, video conferencing, digital TV, storing of compressed video on digital media including CD, DVD, memory stick and the like, and so on.

A streaming system may include a capture subsystem (813), that can include a video source (801), for example a digital camera, creating, for example, an uncompressed video sample stream (802). That sample stream (802), depicted as a bold line to emphasize a high data volume when compared to encoded video bitstreams, can be processed by an encoder (803) coupled to the camera 801). The encoder (803) can include hardware, software, or a combination thereof to enable or implement aspects of the disclosed subject matter as described in more detail below. The encoded video bitstream (804), depicted as a thin line to emphasize the lower data volume when compared to the sample stream, can be stored on a streaming server (805) for future use. One or more streaming clients (806, 808) can access the streaming server (805) to retrieve copies (807, 809) of the encoded video bitstream (804). A client (806) can include a video decoder (810) which decodes the incoming copy of the encoded video bitstream (807) and creates an outgoing video sample stream (811) that can be rendered on a display (812) or other rendering device (not depicted). In some streaming systems, the video bitstreams (804, 807, 809) can be encoded according to certain video coding/compression standards. Examples of those standards include ITU-T Recommendation H.265. Under development is a video coding standard informally known as Versatile Video Coding (VVC). The disclosed subject matter may be used in the context of VVC.

FIG. 9 may be a functional block diagram of a video decoder (810) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A receiver (910) may receive one or more codec video sequences to be decoded by the decoder (810); in the same or another embodiment, one coded video sequence at a time, where the decoding of each coded video sequence is independent from other coded video sequences. The coded video sequence may be received from a channel (912), which may be a hardware/software link to a storage device which stores the encoded video data. The receiver (910) may receive the encoded video data with other data, for example, coded audio data and/or ancillary data streams, that may be forwarded to their respective using entities (not depicted). The receiver (910) may separate the coded video sequence from the other data. To combat network jitter, a buffer memory (915) may be coupled in between receiver (910) and entropy decoder/parser (920) (“parser” henceforth). When receiver (910) is receiving data from a store/forward device of sufficient bandwidth and controllability, or from an isosychronous network, the buffer (915) may not be needed, or can be small. For use on best effort packet networks such as the Internet, the buffer (915) may be required, can be comparatively large and can advantageously of adaptive size.

The video decoder (810) may include a parser (920) to reconstruct symbols (921) from the entropy coded video sequence. Categories of those symbols include information used to manage operation of the decoder (810), and potentially information to control a rendering device such as a display (812) that is not an integral part of the decoder but can be coupled to it, as was shown in FIG. 9. The control information for the rendering device(s) may be in the form of Supplementary Enhancement Information (SEI messages) or Video Usability Information (VUI) parameter set fragments (not depicted). The parser (920) may parse/entropy-decode the coded video sequence received. The coding of the coded video sequence can be in accordance with a video coding technology or standard, and can follow principles well known to a person skilled in the art, including variable length coding, Huffman coding, arithmetic coding with or without context sensitivity, and so forth. The parser (920) may extract from the coded video sequence, a set of subgroup parameters for at least one of the subgroups of pixels in the video decoder, based upon at least one parameters corresponding to the group. Subgroups can include Groups of Pictures (GOPs), pictures, tiles, slices, macroblocks, Coding Units (CUs), blocks, Transform Units (TUs), Prediction Units (PUs) and so forth. The entropy decoder/parser may also extract from the coded video sequence information such as transform coefficients, quantizer parameter (QP) values, motion vectors, and so forth.

The parser (920) may perform entropy decoding/parsing operation on the video sequence received from the buffer (915), so to create symbols (921). The parser (920) may receive encoded data, and selectively decode particular symbols (921). Further, the parser (920) may determine whether the particular symbols (921) are to be provided to a Motion Compensation Prediction unit (953), a scaler/inverse transform unit (951), an Intra Prediction Unit (952), or a loop filter (956).

Reconstruction of the symbols (921) can involve multiple different units depending on the type of the coded video picture or parts thereof (such as: inter and intra picture, inter and intra block), and other factors. Which units are involved, and how, can be controlled by the subgroup control information that was parsed from the coded video sequence by the parser (920). The flow of such subgroup control information between the parser (920) and the multiple units below is not depicted for clarity.

Beyond the functional blocks already mentioned, decoder (810) can be conceptually subdivided into a number of functional units as described below. In a practical implementation operating under commercial constraints, many of these units interact closely with each other and can, at least partly, be integrated into each other. However, for the purpose of describing the disclosed subject matter, the conceptual subdivision into the functional units below is appropriate.

A first unit is the scaler/inverse transform unit (951). The scaler/inverse transform unit (951) receives quantized transform coefficient as well as control information, including which transform to use, block size, quantization factor, quantization scaling matrices, etc. as symbol(s) (621) from the parser (920). It can output blocks comprising sample values, that can be input into aggregator (955).

In some cases, the output samples of the scaler/inverse transform (951) can pertain to an intra coded block; that is: a block that is not using predictive information from previously reconstructed pictures, but can use predictive information from previously reconstructed parts of the current picture. Such predictive information can be provided by an intra picture prediction unit (952). In some cases, the intra picture prediction unit (952) generates a block of the same size and shape of the block under reconstruction, using surrounding already reconstructed information fetched from the current (partly reconstructed) picture (956). The aggregator (955), in some cases, adds, on a per sample basis, the prediction information the intra prediction unit (952) has generated to the output sample information as provided by the scaler/inverse transform unit (951).

In other cases, the output samples of the scaler/inverse transform unit (951) can pertain to an inter coded, and potentially motion compensated block. In such a case, a Motion Compensation Prediction unit (953) can access reference picture memory (957) to fetch samples used for prediction. After motion compensating the fetched samples in accordance with the symbols (921) pertaining to the block, these samples can be added by the aggregator (955) to the output of the scaler/inverse transform unit (in this case called the residual samples or residual signal) so to generate output sample information. The addresses within the reference picture memory form where the motion compensation unit fetches prediction samples can be controlled by motion vectors, available to the motion compensation unit in the form of symbols (921) that can have, for example X, Y, and reference picture components. Motion compensation also can include interpolation of sample values as fetched from the reference picture memory when sub-sample exact motion vectors are in use, motion vector prediction mechanisms, and so forth.

The output samples of the aggregator (955) can be subject to various loop filtering techniques in the loop filter unit (956). Video compression technologies can include in-loop filter technologies that are controlled by parameters included in the coded video bitstream and made available to the loop filter unit (956) as symbols (921) from the parser (920), but can also be responsive to meta-information obtained during the decoding of previous (in decoding order) parts of the coded picture or coded video sequence, as well as responsive to previously reconstructed and loop-filtered sample values.

The output of the loop filter unit (956) can be a sample stream that can be output to the render device (812) as well as stored in the reference picture memory (956) for use in future inter-picture prediction.

Certain coded pictures, once fully reconstructed, can be used as reference pictures for future prediction. Once a coded picture is fully reconstructed and the coded picture has been identified as a reference picture (by, for example, parser (920)), the current reference picture (656) can become part of the reference picture buffer (957), and a fresh current picture memory can be reallocated before commencing the reconstruction of the following coded picture.

The video decoder (810) may perform decoding operations according to a predetermined video compression technology that may be documented in a standard, such as ITU-T Rec. H.265. The coded video sequence may conform to a syntax specified by the video compression technology or standard being used, in the sense that it adheres to the syntax of the video compression technology or standard, as specified in the video compression technology document or standard and specifically in the profiles document therein. Also necessary for compliance can be that the complexity of the coded video sequence is within bounds as defined by the level of the video compression technology or standard. In some cases, levels restrict the maximum picture size, maximum frame rate, maximum reconstruction sample rate (measured in, for example megasamples per second), maximum reference picture size, and so on. Limits set by levels can, in some cases, be further restricted through Hypothetical Reference Decoder (HRD) specifications and metadata for HRD buffer management signaled in the coded video sequence.

In an embodiment, the receiver (910) may receive additional (redundant) data with the encoded video. The additional data may be included as part of the coded video sequence(s). The additional data may be used by the video decoder (810) to properly decode the data and/or to more accurately reconstruct the original video data. Additional data can be in the form of, for example, temporal, spatial, or signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) enhancement layers, redundant slices, redundant pictures, forward error correction codes, and so on.

FIG. 10 may be a functional block diagram of a video encoder (803) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The encoder (803) may receive video samples from a video source (801) (that is not part of the encoder) that may capture video image(s) to be coded by the encoder (803).

The video source (801) may provide the source video sequence to be coded by the encoder (803) in the form of a digital video sample stream that can be of any suitable bit depth (for example: 8 bit, 10 bit, 12 bit, . . . ), any colorspace (for example, BT.601 Y CrCB, RGB, . . . ) and any suitable sampling structure (for example Y CrCb 4:2:0, Y CrCb 4:4:4). In a media serving system, the video source (801) may be a storage device storing previously prepared video. In a videoconferencing system, the video source (803) may be a camera that captures local image information as a video sequence. Video data may be provided as a plurality of individual pictures that impart motion when viewed in sequence. The pictures themselves may be organized as a spatial array of pixels, wherein each pixel can comprise one or more samples depending on the sampling structure, color space, etc. in use. A person skilled in the art can readily understand the relationship between pixels and samples. The description below focuses on samples.

According to an embodiment, the encoder (803) may code and compress the pictures of the source video sequence into a coded video sequence (1043) in real time or under any other time constraints as required by the application. Enforcing appropriate coding speed is one function of Controller (1050). Controller controls other functional units as described below and is functionally coupled to these units. The coupling is not depicted for clarity. Parameters set by controller can include rate control related parameters (picture skip, quantizer, lambda value of rate-distortion optimization techniques, . . . ), picture size, group of pictures (GOP) layout, maximum motion vector search range, and so forth. A person skilled in the art can readily identify other functions of controller (1050) as they may pertain to video encoder (803) optimized for a certain system design.

Some video encoders operate in what a person skilled in the art readily recognizes as a “coding loop.” As an oversimplified description, a coding loop can consist of the encoding part of an encoder (1030) (“source coder” henceforth) (responsible for creating symbols based on an input picture to be coded, and a reference picture(s)), and a (local) decoder (1033) embedded in the encoder (803) that reconstructs the symbols to create the sample data that a (remote) decoder also would create (as any compression between symbols and coded video bitstream is lossless in the video compression technologies considered in the disclosed subject matter). That reconstructed sample stream is input to the reference picture memory (1034). As the decoding of a symbol stream leads to bit-exact results independent of decoder location (local or remote), the reference picture buffer content is also bit exact between local encoder and remote encoder. In other words, the prediction part of an encoder “sees” as reference picture samples exactly the same sample values as a decoder would “see” when using prediction during decoding. This fundamental principle of reference picture synchronicity (and resulting drift, if synchronicity cannot be maintained, for example because of channel errors) is well known to a person skilled in the art.

The operation of the “local” decoder (1033) can be the same as of a “remote” decoder (810), which has already been described in detail above in conjunction with FIG. 9. Briefly referring also to FIG. 6, however, as symbols are available and en/decoding of symbols to a coded video sequence by entropy coder (1045) and parser (920) can be lossless, the entropy decoding parts of decoder (810), including channel (912), receiver (910), buffer (915), and parser (920) may not be fully implemented in local decoder (1033).

An observation that can be made at this point is that any decoder technology except the parsing/entropy decoding that is present in a decoder also necessarily needs to be present, in substantially identical functional form, in a corresponding encoder. The description of encoder technologies can be abbreviated as they are the inverse of the comprehensively described decoder technologies. Only in certain areas a more detail description is required and provided below.

As part of its operation, the source coder (1030) may perform motion compensated predictive coding, which codes an input frame predictively with reference to one or more previously-coded frames from the video sequence that were designated as “reference frames.” In this manner, the coding engine (1032) codes differences between pixel blocks of an input frame and pixel blocks of reference frame(s) that may be selected as prediction reference(s) to the input frame.

The local video decoder (1033) may decode coded video data of frames that may be designated as reference frames, based on symbols created by the source coder (1030). Operations of the coding engine (1032) may advantageously be lossy processes. When the coded video data may be decoded at a video decoder (not shown in FIG. 6), the reconstructed video sequence typically may be a replica of the source video sequence with some errors. The local video decoder (1033) replicates decoding processes that may be performed by the video decoder on reference frames and may cause reconstructed reference frames to be stored in the reference picture cache (1034). In this manner, the encoder (803) may store copies of reconstructed reference frames locally that have common content as the reconstructed reference frames that will be obtained by a far-end video decoder (absent transmission errors).

The predictor (1035) may perform prediction searches for the coding engine (1032). That is, for a new frame to be coded, the predictor (1035) may search the reference picture memory (1034) for sample data (as candidate reference pixel blocks) or certain metadata such as reference picture motion vectors, block shapes, and so on, that may serve as an appropriate prediction reference for the new pictures. The predictor (1035) may operate on a sample block-by-pixel block basis to find appropriate prediction references. In some cases, as determined by search results obtained by the predictor (1035), an input picture may have prediction references drawn from multiple reference pictures stored in the reference picture memory (1034).

The controller (1050) may manage coding operations of the video coder (1030), including, for example, setting of parameters and subgroup parameters used for encoding the video data.

Output of all aforementioned functional units may be subjected to entropy coding in the entropy coder (1045). The entropy coder translates the symbols as generated by the various functional units into a coded video sequence, by loss-less compressing the symbols according to technologies known to a person skilled in the art as, for example Huffman coding, variable length coding, arithmetic coding, and so forth.

The transmitter (1040) may buffer the coded video sequence(s) as created by the entropy coder (1045) to prepare it for transmission via a communication channel (1060), which may be a hardware/software link to a storage device which would store the encoded video data. The transmitter (1040) may merge coded video data from the video coder (1030) with other data to be transmitted, for example, coded audio data and/or ancillary data streams (sources not shown).

The controller (1050) may manage operation of the encoder (803). During coding, the controller (1050) may assign to each coded picture a certain coded picture type, which may affect the coding techniques that may be applied to the respective picture. For example, pictures often may be assigned as one of the following frame types:

An Intra Picture (I picture) may be one that may be coded and decoded without using any other frame in the sequence as a source of prediction. Some video codecs allow for different types of Intra pictures, including, for example Independent Decoder Refresh Pictures. A person skilled in the art is aware of those variants of I pictures and their respective applications and features.

A Predictive picture (P picture) may be one that may be coded and decoded using intra prediction or inter prediction using at most one motion vector and reference index to predict the sample values of each block.

A Bi-directionally Predictive Picture (B Picture) may be one that may be coded and decoded using intra prediction or inter prediction using at most two motion vectors and reference indices to predict the sample values of each block. Similarly, multiple-predictive pictures can use more than two reference pictures and associated metadata for the reconstruction of a single block.

Source pictures commonly may be subdivided spatially into a plurality of sample blocks (for example, blocks of 4×4, 8×8, 4×8, or 16×16 samples each) and coded on a block-by-block basis. Blocks may be coded predictively with reference to other (already coded) blocks as determined by the coding assignment applied to the blocks' respective pictures. For example, blocks of I pictures may be coded non-predictively or they may be coded predictively with reference to already coded blocks of the same picture (spatial prediction or intra prediction). Pixel blocks of P pictures may be coded non-predictively, via spatial prediction or via temporal prediction with reference to one previously coded reference pictures. Blocks of B pictures may be coded non-predictively, via spatial prediction or via temporal prediction with reference to one or two previously coded reference pictures.

The video coder (803) may perform coding operations according to a predetermined video coding technology or standard, such as ITU-T Rec. H.265. In its operation, the video coder (803) may perform various compression operations, including predictive coding operations that exploit temporal and spatial redundancies in the input video sequence. The coded video data, therefore, may conform to a syntax specified by the video coding technology or standard being used.

In an embodiment, the transmitter (1040) may transmit additional data with the encoded video. The video coder (1030) may include such data as part of the coded video sequence. Additional data may comprise temporal/spatial/SNR enhancement layers, other forms of redundant data such as redundant pictures and slices, Supplementary Enhancement Information (SEI) messages, Visual Usability Information (VUI) parameter set fragments, and so on.

As discussed above, in VTM3.0, MPM list candidate derivation process may be different for adjacent reference line with ISP mode disabled, adjacent reference lines with ISP mode enabled, and non-adjacent reference lines. As a result, MPM list candidate derivation process may be complicated in each case without clear benefit in coding efficiency.

In embodiments, the line index of the nearest reference line may be 0, and the nearest reference line may be referred to as the zero reference line, or the adjacent reference line. Other lines may be referred to as non-zero reference lines, or non-adjacent reference lines. In the description below, candModeList may denote the MPM list, RefLineIdx may denote the reference line index of current block, candIntraPredModeA and candIntraPredModeB may denote the left and above neighboring modes. If one neighboring mode is not Planar or DC mode, or one neighboring mode is generating prediction samples according a given prediction direction, such as intra prediction modes 2 through 66 as defined in VVC draft 2, this mode may be referred to as an angular mode. If one mode is not indicating an directional intra prediction, such as in Planar or DC mode, this mode may be referred to as a non-angular mode. Each intra prediction mode may be associated with a mode number, which may be referred to as an intra prediction mode index. For example, Planar, DC, horizontal and vertical intra prediction modes may be associated with mode number 0, 1, 18 and 50, respectively.

In an embodiment, the MPM index of the first candidate in the MPM list may be denoted as 0, and the MPM index of second candidate may be denoted as 1, and so on.

In an embodiment, the variables minAB and maxAB may be derived as follows:

candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = candIntraPredModeB minAB = candModeList[ (candModeList[ 0 ] > candModeList[ 1 ] ) ? 1 : 0 ] maxAB = candModeList[ (candModeList[ 0 ] > candModeList[ 1 ] ) ? 0 : 1 ]

In an embodiment, the variables offset and mod may be set according to either one of the following two scenarios: offset=61, mod=64; offset=62, mod=65.

In an embodiment, for an adjacent reference line with ISP mode disabled, an adjacent reference line with ISP mode enabled, and non-adjacent reference lines, the same MPM list construction process may be shared and the order of candidates may be the same.

In an embodiment, Planar and DC modes may be always included into the MPM list, and the number of derived angular intra prediction modes may be set equal to N. N may be a positive integer, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

In an embodiment, the ISP related syntax elements may be signaled after reference line index, and if reference line index is a default value which indicates the adjacent reference line is used.

In one embodiment, the reference line index related syntax elements may be signaled after the ISP related syntax elements and if ISP related syntax elements are signaled with a value which indicates ISP mode is not used.

In another embodiment, all the candidates in the MPM list can be used for zero reference line with ISP mode disabled.

In another embodiment, all the candidates except DC mode in the MPM list can be used for adjacent reference line with ISP mode enabled.

In another embodiment, all the candidates except Planar and DC modes in the MPM list can be used for non-adjacent reference lines.

In another embodiment, Planar mode may be always firstly inserted into the MPM list with index 0.

In an embodiment, Planar and DC modes may be always firstly inserted into the MPM list with index 0 and 1.

In another embodiment, the signaling of MPM index may be context coded, and the context depends on whether the neighboring blocks may be coded by angular prediction mode.

In another embodiment, the signaling of MPM index may be context coded, and the context depends on MPM index (and/or MPM flag) of the neighboring blocks.

In an embodiment, the signaling of first K bins of MPM index may be context coded, and the context depends on MPM index and reference line index (and/or MPM flag) of the neighboring blocks. K may be a positive integer, such as 1 or 2.

In an embodiment, the first K bins of MPM index is context coded, and the context depends on MPM index, ISP flag, and reference line index (and/or MPM flag) of the neighboring blocks.

In another embodiment, the first K bins of MPM index may be context coded, and other bins of MPM indices are bypass coded.

In another embodiment, the neighboring blocks used here may be the same as the neighboring blocks used for MPM list generation.

In one embodiment, when the reference line index is signaled as zero, the first K bins, for example the first two bins, of MPM index may be context coded, and the context may depend on whether ISP mode is enabled and/or the reference line index value of current block.

In one embodiment, when the reference line index is signaled as zero, the first K bins, for example the first two bins, of MPM index may be context coded, and the context may depend on MPM index and reference line index (and/or MPM flag) of the neighboring blocks.

In another embodiment, for the first K bins of MPM index, 3 contexts may be used. If both MPM flags of the neighboring blocks are true, reference line index is 0, and MPM indices are equal to or smaller than Th, one context is used; Otherwise, if only one of the MPM flag of the neighboring blocks is true, reference line index is 0, and MPM index is equal to or smaller than Th, a second context may be used. Otherwise, the third context may be used. Th may be a positive integer, such as 1, 2 or 3.

In another embodiment, when the reference line index is signaled as zero and ISP is set equal to false for current block, for the second bin of MPM index, the second bin of MPM index may be context coded. If both MPM flags of the neighboring blocks are true, reference line index is equal to 0, and MPM indices are equal to 1 (or 0), one context may be used; Otherwise, if only one of the MPM flag of the neighboring blocks is true, reference line index is equal to 0, and MPM index is equal to 1 (or 0), a second context may be used. Otherwise, the third context may be used.

In an embodiment, for adjacent reference lines with ISP flag equal to true and non-adjacent reference lines, MPM list candidates may be derived by using the same rule if the absolute mode number difference between left and above neighboring modes is larger than or equal to a given threshold value.

In an embodiment, the given threshold value is 0, which means, MPM list candidates are derived by using the same rule regardless of the mode number difference between left and above neighboring modes.

In another embodiment, if left and above neighboring modes are not equal, MPM list candidates may be derived by using the same rule regardless of the mode number difference between left and above neighboring modes.

In an embodiment, if the left and above neighboring modes are both angular modes but they are not equal, MPM list candidates are derived by using the same rule regardless of the mode number difference between left and above neighboring modes.

In one example, 6 MPM candidates are derived as follows:

candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = candIntraPredModeB candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB + offset ) % mod ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB − 1 ) % mod ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + offset ) % mod ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB − 1 ) % mod )

In another example, 6 MPM candidates are derived as follows:

candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = candIntraPredModeB candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB + offset ) % mod ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB − 1 ) % mod) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB − 1 ) % mod ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + offset ) % mod )

In another example, 6 MPM candidates are derived as follows:

candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = candIntraPredModeB candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB + offset ) % mod ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( maxAB − 1 ) % mod ) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB + offset ) % mod ) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( minAB − 1 ) % mod )

In another example, 6 MPM candidates are derived as follows:

candModeList[ 0 ] = candIntraPredModeA candModeList[ 1 ] = candIntraPredModeB candModeList[ 2 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeA + offset ) % mod ) candModeList[ 3 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeA − 1 ) % mod) candModeList[ 4 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeB + offset) % mod) candModeList[ 5 ] = 2 + ( ( candIntraPredModeB − 1 ) % mod)

In another embodiment, if at least one of the left and above is angular mode, MPM list candidates may be derived by using the same rule regardless of the mode number difference between left and above neighboring modes.

In an embodiment, when both the left and above neighboring modes are non-angular modes, default modes are used to fill the MPM candidate list, the angular default modes are the same for adjacent reference line with ISP flag equal to false, adjacent reference line with ISP flag equal to true, and non-adjacent reference line.

In an embodiment, the default angular modes may be {50, 18, 2, 34}.

In another embodiment, the default angular modes may be {50, 18, 34, 66}.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an example process 1100 for signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream. In some implementations, one or more process blocks of FIG. 11 may be performed by decoder 810. In some implementations, one or more process blocks of FIG. 11 may be performed by another device or a group of devices separate from or including decoder 810, such as encoder 803.

As shown in FIG. 11, process 1100 may include determining a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes (block 1110).

As further shown in FIG. 11, process 1100 may include generating a most probable mode (MPM) list using the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes (block 1120).

As further shown in FIG. 11, process 1100 may include signaling a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block from among a plurality of reference lines including an adjacent reference line and a plurality of non-adjacent reference lines (block 1130).

As further shown in FIG. 11, process 1100 may include signaling an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode (block 1140).

In an embodiment, the MPM list may be generated based on the reference line used to encode the current block and whether an intra sub-partition (ISP) mode is enabled.

In an embodiment, based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being disabled, the MPM list may include all of the candidate intra prediction modes.

In an embodiment, based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being enabled, the MPM list may include all of the candidate intra prediction modes except for a DC mode.

In an embodiment, based on the reference line being the one from among the plurality of non-adjacent reference lines, the MPM list may include all of the candidate intra prediction modes except for a DC mode and a planar mode.

In an embodiment, a first intra prediction mode of the MPM list may be a planar mode.

In an embodiment, a second intra prediction mode of the MPM list may be a DC mode.

In an embodiment, based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context may be determined based on whether the ISP mode is enabled.

In an embodiment, based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context may be determined based on a value of the reference line index.

In an embodiment, based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context may be determined based on whether the ISP mode is enabled and the reference line index.

In an embodiment, based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context may be determined based on the intra mode index and a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode a neighboring block.

Although FIG. 11 shows example blocks of process 1100, in some implementations, process 1100 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in FIG. 11. Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 1100 may be performed in parallel.

Further, the proposed methods may be implemented by processing circuitry (e.g., one or more processors or one or more integrated circuits). In one example, the one or more processors execute a program that is stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium to perform one or more of the proposed methods.

The techniques described above, can be implemented as computer software using computer-readable instructions and physically stored in one or more computer-readable media. For example, FIG. 12 shows a computer system 1200 suitable for implementing certain embodiments of the disclosed subject matter.

The computer software can be coded using any suitable machine code or computer language, that may be subject to assembly, compilation, linking, or like mechanisms to create code comprising instructions that can be executed directly, or through interpretation, micro-code execution, and the like, by computer central processing units (CPUs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), and the like.

The instructions can be executed on various types of computers or components thereof, including, for example, personal computers, tablet computers, servers, smartphones, gaming devices, internet of things devices, and the like.

The components shown in FIG. 12 for computer system 1200 are exemplary in nature and are not intended to suggest any limitation as to the scope of use or functionality of the computer software implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. Neither should the configuration of components be interpreted as having any dependency or requirement relating to any one or combination of components illustrated in the exemplary embodiment of a computer system 1200.

Computer system 1200 may include certain human interface input devices. Such a human interface input device may be responsive to input by one or more human users through, for example, tactile input (such as: keystrokes, swipes, data glove movements), audio input (such as: voice, clapping), visual input (such as: gestures), olfactory input (not depicted). The human interface devices can also be used to capture certain media not necessarily directly related to conscious input by a human, such as audio (such as: speech, music, ambient sound), images (such as: scanned images, photographic images obtain from a still image camera), video (such as two-dimensional video, three-dimensional video including stereoscopic video).

Input human interface devices may include one or more of (only one of each depicted): keyboard 1201, mouse 1202, trackpad 1203, touch screen 1210, data-glove 1204, joystick 1205, microphone 1206, scanner 1207, camera 1208.

Computer system 1200 may also include certain human interface output devices. Such human interface output devices may be stimulating the senses of one or more human users through, for example, tactile output, sound, light, and smell/taste. Such human interface output devices may include tactile output devices (for example tactile feedback by the touch-screen 1210, data-glove 1204, or joystick 1205, but there can also be tactile feedback devices that do not serve as input devices), audio output devices (such as: speakers 1209, headphones (not depicted)), visual output devices (such as screens 1210 to include cathode ray tube (CRT) screens, liquid-crystal display (LCD) screens, plasma screens, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens, each with or without touch-screen input capability, each with or without tactile feedback capability—some of which may be capable to output two dimensional visual output or more than three dimensional output through means such as stereographic output; virtual-reality glasses (not depicted), holographic displays and smoke tanks (not depicted)), and printers (not depicted).

Computer system 1200 can also include human accessible storage devices and their associated media such as optical media including CD/DVD ROM/RW 1220 with CD/DVD or the like media 1221, thumb-drive 1222, removable hard drive or solid state drive 1223, legacy magnetic media such as tape and floppy disc (not depicted), specialized ROM/ASIC/PLD based devices such as security dongles (not depicted), and the like.

Those skilled in the art should also understand that term “computer readable media” as used in connection with the presently disclosed subject matter does not encompass transmission media, carrier waves, or other transitory signals.

Computer system 1200 can also include interface(s) to one or more communication networks. Networks can for example be wireless, wireline, optical. Networks can further be local, wide-area, metropolitan, vehicular and industrial, real-time, delay-tolerant, and so on. Examples of networks include local area networks such as Ethernet, wireless LANs, cellular networks to include global systems for mobile communications (GSM), third generation (3G), fourth generation (4G), fifth generation (5G), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), and the like, TV wireline or wireless wide area digital networks to include cable TV, satellite TV, and terrestrial broadcast TV, vehicular and industrial to include CANBus, and so forth. Certain networks commonly require external network interface adapters that attached to certain general purpose data ports or peripheral buses (1249) (such as, for example universal serial bus (USB) ports of the computer system 1200; others are commonly integrated into the core of the computer system 1200 by attachment to a system bus as described below (for example Ethernet interface into a PC computer system or cellular network interface into a smartphone computer system). Using any of these networks, computer system 1200 can communicate with other entities. Such communication can be uni-directional, receive only (for example, broadcast TV), uni-directional send-only (for example CANbus to certain CANbus devices), or bi-directional, for example to other computer systems using local or wide area digital networks. Certain protocols and protocol stacks can be used on each of those networks and network interfaces as described above.

Aforementioned human interface devices, human-accessible storage devices, and network interfaces can be attached to a core 1240 of the computer system 1200.

The core 1240 can include one or more Central Processing Units (CPU) 1241, Graphics Processing Units (GPU) 1242, specialized programmable processing units in the form of Field Programmable Gate Areas (FPGA) 1243, hardware accelerators for certain tasks 1244, and so forth. These devices, along with Read-only memory (ROM) 1245, Random-access memory (RAM) 1246, internal mass storage such as internal non-user accessible hard drives, solid-state drives (SSDs), and the like 1247, may be connected through a system bus 1248. In some computer systems, the system bus 1248 can be accessible in the form of one or more physical plugs to enable extensions by additional CPUs, GPU, and the like. The peripheral devices can be attached either directly to the core's system bus 1248, or through a peripheral bus 1249. Architectures for a peripheral bus include peripheral component interconnect (PCI), USB, and the like.

CPUs 1241, GPUs 1242, FPGAs 1243, and accelerators 1244 can execute certain instructions that, in combination, can make up the aforementioned computer code. That computer code can be stored in ROM 1245 or RAM 1246. Transitional data can be also be stored in RAM 1246, whereas permanent data can be stored for example, in the internal mass storage 1247. Fast storage and retrieve to any of the memory devices can be enabled through the use of cache memory, that can be closely associated with one or more CPU 1241, GPU 1242, mass storage 1247, ROM 1245, RAM 1246, and the like.

The computer readable media can have computer code thereon for performing various computer-implemented operations. The media and computer code can be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present disclosure, or they can be of the kind well known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts.

As an example and not by way of limitation, the computer system having architecture 1200, and specifically the core 1240 can provide functionality as a result of processor(s) (including CPUs, GPUs, FPGA, accelerators, and the like) executing software embodied in one or more tangible, computer-readable media. Such computer-readable media can be media associated with user-accessible mass storage as introduced above, as well as certain storage of the core 1240 that are of non-transitory nature, such as core-internal mass storage 1247 or ROM 1245. The software implementing various embodiments of the present disclosure can be stored in such devices and executed by core 1240. A computer-readable medium can include one or more memory devices or chips, according to particular needs. The software can cause the core 1240 and specifically the processors therein (including CPU, GPU, FPGA, and the like) to execute particular processes or particular parts of particular processes described herein, including defining data structures stored in RAM 1246 and modifying such data structures according to the processes defined by the software. In addition or as an alternative, the computer system can provide functionality as a result of logic hardwired or otherwise embodied in a circuit (for example: accelerator 1244), which can operate in place of or together with software to execute particular processes or particular parts of particular processes described herein. Reference to software can encompass logic, and vice versa, where appropriate. Reference to a computer-readable media can encompass a circuit (such as an integrated circuit (IC)) storing software for execution, a circuit embodying logic for execution, or both, where appropriate. The present disclosure encompasses any suitable combination of hardware and software.

While this disclosure has described several exemplary embodiments, there are alterations, permutations, and various substitute equivalents, which fall within the scope of the disclosure. It will thus be appreciated that those skilled in the art will be able to devise numerous systems and methods which, although not explicitly shown or described herein, embody the principles of the disclosure and are thus within the spirit and scope thereof.

Acronyms:

-   HEVC: High Efficiency Video Coding -   HDR: high dynamic range -   SDR: standard dynamic range -   VVC: Versatile Video Coding -   JVET: Joint Video Exploration Team -   MPM: most probable mode -   WAIP: Wide-Angle Intra Prediction -   CU: Coding Unit -   PU: Prediction Unit -   PDPC: Position Dependent Prediction Combination -   ISP: Intra Sub-Partitions 

1. A method of signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, the method comprising: determining a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; generating a most probable mode (MPM) list using the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; signaling a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block from among a plurality of reference lines including an adjacent reference line and a plurality of non-adjacent reference lines; and signaling an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode, wherein the MPM list is generated based on the reference line used to encode the current block and whether an intra sub-partition (ISP) mode is enabled, and wherein a first intra prediction mode of the MPM list is a planar mode.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being disabled, the MPM list includes all of the candidate intra prediction modes.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being enabled, the MPM list includes all of the candidate intra prediction modes except for a DC mode.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein based on the reference line being the one from among the plurality of non-adjacent reference lines, the MPM list includes all of the candidate intra prediction modes except for a DC mode and a planar mode.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the MPM list is a same MPM list based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being disabled, based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being enabled, and based on the reference line being the one from among the plurality of non-adjacent reference lines.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein a second intra prediction mode of the MPM list is a DC mode.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first one or two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context is determined based on whether the ISP mode is enabled.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first one or two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context is determined based on a value of the reference line index.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first one or two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context is determined based on whether the ISP mode is enabled and the reference line index.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context is determined based on the intra mode index and a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode a neighboring block.
 11. A device for signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream, the device comprising: at least one memory configured to store program code; and at least one processor configured to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including: determining code configured to cause the at least one processor to determine a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; generating code configured to cause the at least one processor to generate a most probable mode (MPM) list using the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; first signaling code configured to cause the at least one processor to signal a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block from among a plurality of reference lines including an adjacent reference line and a plurality of non-adjacent reference lines; and second signaling code configured to cause the at least one processor to signal an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode, wherein the MPM list is generated based on the reference line used to encode the current block and whether an intra sub-partition (ISP) mode is enabled, and p1 wherein a first intra prediction mode of the MPM list is a planar mode.
 12. The device of claim 11, wherein based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being disabled, the MPM list includes all of the candidate intra prediction modes.
 13. The device of claim 11, wherein based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being enabled, the MPM list includes all of the candidate intra prediction modes except for a DC mode.
 14. The device of claim 11, wherein based on the reference line being the one from among the plurality of non-adjacent reference lines, the MPM list includes all of the candidate intra prediction modes except for a DC mode and a planar mode.
 15. The device of claim 11, wherein the MPM list is a same MPM list based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being disabled, based on the reference line being the adjacent reference line and the ISP mode being enabled, and based on the reference line being the one from among the plurality of non-adjacent reference lines.
 16. The device of claim 15, wherein a second intra prediction mode of the MPM list is a DC mode.
 17. The device of claim 11, wherein based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first one or two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context is determined based on whether the ISP mode is enabled.
 18. The device of claim 11, wherein based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first one or two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context is determined based on a value of the reference line index.
 19. The device of claim 11, wherein based on the reference line index indicating that the reference line is the adjacent reference line, a first one or two bins of the intra mode index are context coded, wherein a context is determined based on whether the ISP mode is enabled and the reference line index.
 20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device for signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream, cause the one or more processors to: determine a plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; generate a most probable mode (MPM) list using the plurality of candidate intra prediction modes; signal a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block from among a plurality of reference lines including an adjacent reference line and a plurality of non-adjacent reference lines; and signal an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode, wherein the MPM list is generated based on the reference line used to encode the current block and whether an intra sub-partition (ISP) mode is enabled, and wherein a first intra prediction mode of the MPM list is a planar mode. 